Rallies in support for Apple set for Tuesday across the country

Apple is under fire. The tech company is refusing an FBI request for help decrypting the iPhone of Syed Farook, the shooter in the San Bernardino attack. Some people are supporting Apple's stance. There are 33 rallies planned across the country, including in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Organizers said they're protesting the government's dangerous attempt to undermine people's security by demanding a backdoor into the phone's data.

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Some people are supporting Apple's stance. There are 33 rallies planned across the country on Tuesday evening, including in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Organizers said they're protesting the government's dangerous attempt to undermine people's security by demanding a back door into the phone's data.

Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter earlier this week outlining the company's stance on the issue,

"The U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create," Cook wrote. "They have asked us to build a back door to the iPhone."

The Department of Justice filed a motion seeking to force Apple to comply with an order from the FBI to help them access data on Farook's phone. The government says Apple's refusal "appears to be based on its concern for its business model and public marketing strategy. The company denies that claim.

"I don't buy into the fact that they don't have a back door they can get into their own software," computer security expert Bill Sieglein said. "They have built the best right now, the best security on their phones for encryption."

The government says the order would only apply to Farook's phone.

"If the FBI walked in the door to Apple and said unlock just this one phone, Apple could do that for that one phone but the capability then would exist technically to unlock all phones," Sieglein said.

Cook called the FBI request an overreach by the U.S. government, arguing the government could use it to extend this breach of privacy and demand that Apple build surveillance software to help gather personal data.

"There's always that struggle on how much power we give the government versus privacy of the consumer," Sieglein said.

"Tim Cook doesn't want to get in that business of deciding whose phone we unlock and whose phone we don't unlock so he's sort of putting out a message that's a scare tactic that, 'Oh if we do this once then all these phones have a back door and every hacker in the world could get in,'" Sieglein said,

Apple has a week to respond to the judge's order. The White House also weighed in, saying they don't want to allow terrorists to establish a safe haven in cyberspace.